Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Extraordinary Book of Facts: And Bizarre Information (57 page)

mouth,
288
,
349

mouthwash,
329

movie posters,
133

movie theaters,
102

Mozart, Wolfgang,
19

Mr. Ed
,
159

Mr. Potato Head,
156

Mrs
.,
275

Mt. Rushmore,
231

mucus,
33

murder,
34
,
203

Murphy, Edward A.,
218

Murphy’s Law,
218–219

Murrie, Bruce,
293

muscles,
225
,
351

mushrooms,
148
,
212
,
254

music videos,
13

Muslim heavens,
77

Mussolini, Benito,
73

My Fair Lady
,
4

myths,
299

N

namby-pamby
,
327

Nanook of the North
,
183

narcotics,
122

NASA,
21
,
51
,
248
,
313
,
341
,
342
,
355–360

Nasubi,
372–375

National Cash Register Company,
27

national debt,
94

national parks,
231

Native Americans,
208
,
317

Navassa Island,
345–346

Navassa Phosphate Company,
345

neckties,
181

Nelson, Christian,
245

Nelson, Willie,
286

Neptune,
162

Nero,
44

Netherlands,
230

neuropraxia,
68

New World Order,
352

New Year’s Eve,
104

New York City,
103
,
284
,
287
,
321

New York Marathon,
49

New York v. Castro
,
366

New York Yankees,
11

Newman, Paul,
109

newspapers, most-read,
8

Newton, Isaac,
15

Newton, Wayne,
19

niacin,
349

Niagara Falls,
43
,
294

nick of time
,
324

Nickell, Joe,
385

nicotine,
28
,
256

Nike,
117
,
141

Nissan,
210

nitrogen,
36

Nixon, Richard,
163

Nobel Prize categories,
66

Noguchi, Thomas,
365

Norse gods,
23

Norway,
98

nose,
48

nose picking,
33

nosebleed,
113

novels,
93
,
128

numbers,
20

numbness,
68

O

O’Hare, John and Cecelia,
11

O’Hare International Airport,
21
,
144

O’Neal, Shaquille,
177

obscene phone calls,
243

oceans,
268
,
294

octopus,
10
,
198

octothorpe,
46

Odin,
23

odors,
48
,
74
,
88
,
154
,
214
,
319–320
,
330

office workers,
199

oil tankers,
90

Olajuwon, Hakeem,
177

Old Spice,
329

Olds, Ransom E.,
228

Oldsmobile,
228

-ologies,
87
,
205

Olympic Games,
49

on the q.t
.,
14

One World Government,
352

onions,
32

onyx,
31

orchids,
148

Oreo cookies,
69
,
260

Orfalea, Paul,
61

Orfila, Mathiew,
363

organ,
19

Osborne, Ozzy,
302

Oscar,
4

ostriches,
125
,
259

outhouses,
3

outlaws,
191

Oval Office,
47

over a barrel
,
323

owls,
283

oxygen,
36
,
148

oxymorons,
152
,
165

oysters,
10
,
71
,
192

Oz books,
128

P

Pacific Ocean,
294

Packard, David,
60

pain,
225

Paine, Thomas,
271

Painite,
31

paintings,
306

Palm Dairies,
16

Palma, Emilio Palma,
136

Panama hats,
42

Panhard et Lavassor,
102

paper cups,
116

paper towels,
117

Paraguay,
42

parasite
,
179

Parker, Colonel Tom,
335

parks, national,
231

Parr, Thomas,
40

parrots,
39
,
125
,
125

parsley,
44
,
258

pasta,
143

peach pits,
148

peaches,
212

peanut butter,
117
,
143
,
172
,
187
,
297

peanuts,
192
,
212

Pearson, Dave,
16

peas,
212

pedigree
,
24

pelicans,
259

pellagra,
349

pencils,
88

penguins,
90
,
125
,
259

pennies,
277
,
314

Pentagon,
248

People
magazine,
211

peppers,
258
,
276
,
320

Pepsi-Cola,
257

Pera, Rudy,
262

pesto,
258

pets,
15
,
54
,
63
,
104

Peychaud, Antoine,
178

Pez,
292

Philadelphia Cream Cheese,
11

Phillips, Ambrose,
327

phobias,
140

phony
,
178

physics,
88

Picasso, Pablo,
306
,
371

Pickford, Mary,
183

pickles,
48

piercings,
197

pies,
17
,
260

pigeons,
90
,
259

pigs,
1
,
35
,
283

Pilgrims,
65
,
208
,
209

pill bottles,
145

Pillsbury Doughboy,
134
,
262

pilots,
227

pineapple,
32

Ping-Pong,
49
,
75

Pink Floyd,
302

pipes, clogged,
233

piranhas,
34

Pitchfork, Colin,
365

Pitney, Arthur,
160

Pitney-Bowes,
160

Pittsburgh Brewing Company,
27

pizza,
172

plane crashes,
34

planes,
227

planets,
162
,
174

plants,
32
,
148
,
157
,
212
,
254

plastic surgery,
221
,
243

plastic wrap,
100

Playboy
,
211
,
262

Play-Doh,
91

playing cards,
7

Playtex bras,
159

Pleiades,
77
,
162

plumbing,
3
,
233

Pluto,
162

plutonium-239,
62

Pocahantas,
19

Poe, Edgar Allan,
133

poems,
196

Pogo sticks,
187

poison,
70
,
363

police,
363–364

police cars,
103

“Polly Wolly Doodle,”
38

polo,
49

Polo, Marco,
128

polygraph,
365

Pony Express,
191

pooped
,
179

Pope, Alexander,
327

popes,
180

Popsicles,
69
,
260
,
292

population,
5
,
94

porcupines,
105
,
217

porpoise,
96

postage stamps,
108

posthumous
,
85–86

potassium,
37

potato chips,
172
,
215

potatoes,
143
,
190
,
309

pound cake,
260

Powell, Colin,
302

praying mantis,
219

predictions,
388–390

pregnancy,
168
,
187
,
214

preserves,
260

presidents, U.S.,
66
,
120
,
163
,
167
,
185–186
,
250

Presley, Elvis,
58
,
95
,
108
,
334–339

Proctor, Floyd and Laura,
382

Prohibition,
322

Project Mogul,
386

Promosedia,
213

prophecies,
388–390

protactinium,
37

Prowse, David,
109

psychiatrists,
50

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
,
101

pull the wool over someone’s eyes
,
323–324

pull your own weight
,
58

pumpkins,
143
,
197

punctuation,
45
,
290

Pygmy,
135

pyramids,
68
,
251

pythons,
223

Q

Q
,
290

Quaker Oats,
263

Quantrill’s Raiders,
229

Quayle, Dan,
272

question mark,
45

Quetzal,
42
,
138

Quetzalcoatl pyramid,
68

queue principle,
139

quicksand,
110

Quincy, M.D
.,
365